OSCAR INSANITY!

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I love the novel and was afraid for the movie. I remember going to see it at the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC. But I discovered that even when Lean changed something that's in the novel, he remained faithful to the spirit of the novel. I remember wanting to stand up and cheer when Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft) is leaving on the train, which will take her to the ship. Professor Godbole (Alec Guinness) bows to her as the train passes him. That gesture was amazing. It captures the relationship between them in one gesture, a gesture which wasn't in the book.

YES. I think the ending in the film is better than the ending in the novel...

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There will always be work that goes unrecognized. Of course, that's what makes talking about it so much fun. I would have liked to have seen Columbus receives a Best Original Screenplay nomination. But the film was in the same vein as Lady Bird, so that may have been a factor.